The Forum takes numerous awards at annual convention
April 26, 2013 – 6:15 pm | 9 Comments

For the second consecutive year, The Forum maintained its third place ranking in the Newspaper General Excellence category at the annual Arkansas College Media Association convention Friday, April 26 at Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia.
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This is your brain in love …
February 14, 2013 – 3:04 pm | One Comment

“Hey baby, we have chemistry” may not attract all the ladies on a wild Friday night, but there is some truth behind the saucy line. Ke$ha’s new hit “Your Love is my Drug” has a …

SGA secrecy breaks law, snubs Forum
February 10, 2013 – 6:59 pm | Comments Off

We understand that many people at UALR don’t believe that the Student Government Association means much to begin with.  But they should. After all, they are our elected representatives.
Unfortunately this group of student leaders doesn’t …

College students find unusual ways to make money
November 27, 2012 – 11:50 am | 4 Comments

By Kayla Newton, contributing writer
A lengthy economic recession and high unemployment has prompted college students to come up with creative ways to supplement their income while going to school.

Report cites progress made in UALR student services
November 21, 2012 – 2:46 pm | Comments Off

By Michelle Zengulis, Hillary Perkins and Julius Johnson, contributing writers
An accountability report written in 2010 cited “dramatic progress” toward meeting the goals of the university’s 2005 strategic plan and a look two years later shows …

University’s strategic plan includes external engagement
November 21, 2012 – 2:33 pm | Comments Off

By Amy Tran, Jacob Nash and Jerrell Hardnett, contributing writers
UALR is continuing to make an impact on Little Rock and its surrounding cities, as it is involved with many external engagement projects, according to the …

Admin South undergoes retrofitting to soon house School of Nursing
November 21, 2012 – 1:34 pm | Comments Off

By Michelle Zengulis, contributing writer
UALR’s nursing school has outgrown it’s current home and is getting a new one in the old Administration South building. Renovations on the building are already underway and the new building …

Long-time journalism professor to retire
November 20, 2012 – 11:56 am | 2 Comments
Long-time journalism professor to retire

By Sarah DeClerk, contributing writer
Bruce Plopper, a 66-year old bearded man with a graying, balding crown, laces his fingers together and considers his small, six-student feature writing class. “I knew ever since I was 13 …

Divided nation, or changing electorate?
November 19, 2012 – 2:40 pm | One Comment

If you were to look at the electoral college map of the presidential elections from Nov. 6, you might think that America is a republican-dominated country.
But if you look deeper, you will quickly notice how …

Campus infrastructure hones in on master plan’s potential
November 19, 2012 – 2:31 pm | Comments Off

By Christen Carter and Kayla Newton, contributing writers
A 2010 report reviewing the progress of the UALR strategic plan found “dramatic changes” in infrastructure since the plan was approved in 2005. Two years later, administrators say …

All natural: lifestyle or passing fad?
November 19, 2012 – 2:17 pm | Comments Off

Within the past few years natural hair has been more accepted by society. As a naturalista myself, I believe natural hair is neither a trend nor a phenomenon.  No, it is really so much more.
For …